About the blog

Kevin Ding -- My mom gave me a journal one Christmas and suggested I write in it before I went to sleep each night. In a precursor to writing to assigned newspaper length, I felt compelled to fill up each page, and with not that much happening in my grade-school life, I wound up scribbling away about how the local St. Louis sports teams fared. Lo and behold, it became a career. I got my bachelor's degree at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and spent six years at The Miami Herald (started with high school sports, finished with the Dolphins). I arrived in 1999 at the Orange County Register to cover the Lakers ... not long before Phil Jackson came and the championships followed. Click here to e-mail Kevin.

Janis Carr -- I have covered nearly every sport since arriving at the Orange County Register in 1984, from basketball on all levels to tennis to college and professional football. That is, when the Rams were still here. Remember them? I've covered Rose Bowls and Freedom Bowls, an occassional hockey game, the U.S. Open tennis tournament and was the back-up writer during the Lakers' three championships. After five years handling Big West Conference basketball and basebal teams, I'm back on the Lakers beat. I'm married to a former sportswriter (so he understands my hours) and have two children, ages 13 and 10. Click here to e-mail Janis.

Keith Sharon -- I have worked on and off at the Orange County Register since 1985. I started in the sports department, covering high school football. I moved to news, covering cities and education. I was one of the writers on the Register investigation "Toxic Treats." For the last several years, I wrote and edited "The Morning Read," human interest stories. In 2003, my screenplay "Showtime," starring Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy, opened in theaters across the country. I've been married to Nancy Gill for 20 years, and we have 12-year-old twins, Alison and Dylan. Click here to e-mail Keith.

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